Wow, I knew you were very interested in human trafficking but I didn’t realise that you had so much information on it. Good for you. I really hope that your church does take an active role in teaching people about this problem. I’m not religious, as you know, but I’m happy for any organisation at all to take positive steps to inform others about trafficking.

And you’re right about the trickery involved in people trafficking. I’ve watched so many documentaries on the machinations of traffickers with innocent women and children and it makes me sick. Trafficked women have no rights at all, and I dread to think of what they go through.

James, I guess that might answer your question as well. Trafficked women seldom get to keep any of their ‘earnings’. Prostitutes in general don’t, statistically speaking, make fortunes of money. But aside from that, even when the sex is instigated by the victim in such situations, it is nearly always under duress and because of fear. So, yes, it’s still rape in my mind.

Lism, thank you for the clarification.

Perp, agreed. Nuff said.

in response to some of your comments. . .if they are sold into prostitution they dont get to keep any of their money and sometimes they say “I paid this much for you and you owe me it” but they usually threaten the children and scare them to not end and really they make all the money back within a week but are so evil that they continue to use them. They have no power over what they make because they never get to keep the money. A lot of the time that they sell these children or kidnap them or women even, they make up stories saying they have great job opportunities for them in another country or somehwere. They say they will waitress, etc. Most of the time these are third world countries where people have nothing and have no idea that they are being tricked. They send them there and will use any way they can to get to use them the way they want. They also often times beat the women. Of course a lot of men dont realize that they are having sex with slaves and think they are there on their own. There are even sex tourism where men from america or the UK will go to various countries to try out sex because it’s cheap and easy. They have no idea. If the girls say anything they get beat or killed! They can easily replace them because human trafficking is the 2nd largest crime in the world, second to drugs.

only 10% of women go into prostitution on their own free will and those women usually do get to keep some of their money especially if they are from the actual country. the others do not and are usually all from different countries. 60% of those in prostitution are women under the age of 16. the youngest are 4 years old!!!!

It’s that last part of that, that renders me speechless, yet sadly I cannot see it getting better – only worse.

p.s. That’s not a loaded question… I’m not trying to win some argument… I’m just wondering where you draw the boundaries of what is and what isn’t rape.